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Can the nation’s first Latina senator staunch the drift of Latino voters to Republicans?

In a muggy Las Vegas last Friday with legislative victories fresh in hand, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) was ready to energize a crucial part of her Democratic base. 

In deep-blue Las Vegas, Laxalt looks to court Latinos

Laxalt pushed hard on the notion that Latinos were fleeing the Democrats, and cast the GOP as a party that would “represent a set of values that attract the standard voter, not just for this year, but for a generation.”

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